REMEMBER

ROCKS AND MINERALS

Rocks and minerals have many uses.
For example, pencils are made up of a mineral called graphite.
Roof tiles are made of a rock called clay.

Pencil (photo by Saurabh R. Patil (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) 

Graphite (photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0 [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Roof tiles (photo by Procsilas Moscas (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Clay mineral (photo from Wikipedia)

SOIL

Soil is the top layer of the Earth's surface.
This is where plants grow.
Some animals, such as rabbits and worms, make their homes in soil.

Soil (photo from Wikipedia)